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		<p class="updated" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/WebPage" itemid="http://wordymouth.com/persuasion/persuasion-leave-them-wanting-more/">Last updated by <span style="float:none" class="author vcard"><span class="fn"><a rel="author" href="http://wordymouth.com/author/WordyMouth/" class="authorsure-author-link">Michael S. Sommermeyer</a></span></span> at <time itemprop="dateModified" datetime="2008-07-02T04:35:24+00:00">July 2, 2008</time>.</p>	<item>
		<title>Persuasion: Leave Them Wanting More</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In some ways I've already illustrated this point, afterall, it has taken nearly six months to finish this series.¬† But in persuasion, it's not necessary to spend months getting to your point, you only need to build upon all of the steps to reach a conclusion that leaves them wanting more. Like an excellent novel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Persuasion: Can I Have Some Candy?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 03:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael S. Sommermeyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My daughter was always the best at bribing me into doing something she wanted when she was a toddler. The boys never seemed to catch onto the subtleties of expression and body language. Now that she's a teen, it's only gotten worse. Meanwhile, my sons continue to use the brute force approach, to minimal results. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And then? How to Write to Persuade</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And then? And then? And then what happened? Grab the rapt attention of a child and the power of a good story demonstrates itself. Fail to answer, "And then?," and the magic is lost. In persuasive writing, whether a press release, essay, sales or pitch letter, the reader must be left to wonder, "And then?" [...]]]></description>
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